About Carl Safina

Carl Safina explores how the ocean is changing, and what those changes mean for wildlife and for people. His writing conveys the scientific dimensions as well as moral and social implications of our relationship with nature.

His earlier work focused on seabird ecology, then on policy. In the 1990s he helped lead campaigns to ban high-seas driftnets, re-write U. S. federal fisheries law, work toward international conservation of tunas, sharks, and other fishes, and achieve passage of a United Nations global fisheries treaty. Carl founded Blue Ocean Institute in 2003. The conservation non-profit recently changed its name to The Safina Center at Stony Brook University.

He has been profiled on Nightline and twice in the New York Times; named among “100 Notable Conservationists of the 20th Century” by Audubon Magazine; and featured on the Bill Moyers PBS special “Earth on Edge.” Safina has twice been a finalist for the prestigious Indianapolis Prize.

Safina in the Media

Press coverage of Carl Safina’s writings, views and current projects ranges from scientific journals, top print and broadcast media to popular online sites and media targeted to health, culinary and even rock ‘n roll audiences. Carl’s voice certainly reaches way beyond the ocean conservation “choir”! Link to recent media coverage in our Press Room section. A […]Read more

Saving the Ocean – PBS TV Series

Join Carl as he chronicles the unsung heroes who are creating hope — people who are hard at work inventing and implementing solutions to save the world’s oceans. Most of us have heard about the effects overfishing, pollution, and climate change are having on the world’s oceans. It’s time for some good news. Carl introduces […]Read more

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